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Rachel Helgeson

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Complex problems, confusion and miscommunication. The dairy industry is experiencing all three and then some. Finding a definitive solution or even a definitive reason for the depressed milk market might mean wading through a big pile of manure. In the mix is a confusing and volatile milk pricing system, tight farming budgets, newly imposed tariffs, contradictory farming regulations and a weary outlook on dairy farming's future. The life of a price-taker

Over 500 American Legion motorcycle riders cruised into Prescott on Aug. 23 around noon to gas up and later rally at the high school. It was one of a few stops on their 13th annual five-state Legacy Run. The run raises funds for The American Legion Legacy Scholarship, which benefits children of U.S. military personnel killed on active duty post-Sept. 11 and children of veterans with a combined disability rating of 50 percent or higher. Their 1,100-mile journey began in Kansas on Aug. 19 and took them through Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin, ending in Anoka, Minnesota.

Hollywood acts in Hudson, Wis.? You read that right. The theme begs for high-quality entertainment and classy, flashy displays of talent. Reading the dance performance title and understanding Hollywood's terribly monumental reputation, it should be expected that there be impossible feats of reenactments of famous black-and-white scenes engrained in so many brains of the generations who grew up on the old-timey acts.

To inform the public of misleading veterans' charities, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Wise Giving Alliance joined with the Federal Trade Commission, state Attorneys General and state charity regulators in Washington, DC. According to a recent news release, enforcement actions against untrustworthy veterans' charities were announced on July 19.

Wisconsin shoppers will have the opportunity to buy certain items sales tax-free beginning Wednesday, Aug. 1, and ending at midnight Sunday, Aug. 5. According to the Department of Revenue, items that will be sales tax-free include school supplies, clothing and computers and computer supplies.

His black collar beneath his silky purple jacket was popped and pointed, his black hair slicked like smooth, sweet ice cream, his right hand was on the silvery vintage microphone and his left was spread wide at his side. Those walking past the performance would stop to witness the magnificent image of what appeared to be Elvis Presley singing colorful iconic cries into the mic, his sound filling the fairgrounds with old-time lyrics like "Don't be cruel to a heart that's true."